Kristin (she/her)
@verumsolum.bsky.social
From 🇨🇦 to 🇺🇸 (roughly YOW to ORF) | 🏳️⚧️ | Late 40s | Weren’t we supposed to be done with bullies when we grew up?
Every time FOX's commentators talk about people not knowing the Jays' players there is the voice in my head that won't shut up answering back: "Maybe if y'all would show a Jays game once and a while outside of the playoffs! You know, as if you were trying to bring the WHOLE sport to your viewers?"
October 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Every time FOX's commentators talk about people not knowing the Jays' players there is the voice in my head that won't shut up answering back: "Maybe if y'all would show a Jays game once and a while outside of the playoffs! You know, as if you were trying to bring the WHOLE sport to your viewers?"
I guess it's a sign that I must be getting somewhat better that I've written multiple replies to social media posts before deleting them for likely not being worth the effort to post.
But I would like to have the clarity of thought to skip the paragraph or two of effort to write before not posting!
But I would like to have the clarity of thought to skip the paragraph or two of effort to write before not posting!
October 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I guess it's a sign that I must be getting somewhat better that I've written multiple replies to social media posts before deleting them for likely not being worth the effort to post.
But I would like to have the clarity of thought to skip the paragraph or two of effort to write before not posting!
But I would like to have the clarity of thought to skip the paragraph or two of effort to write before not posting!
Day 6 of COVID symptoms… I'm not sure which is worse: the dread of how much energy it will take to do something small or the realization that the dread was not exaggerating the effort
October 3, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Day 6 of COVID symptoms… I'm not sure which is worse: the dread of how much energy it will take to do something small or the realization that the dread was not exaggerating the effort
Reposted by Kristin (she/her)
OMG, you just DON'T KNOW. While EBSCO was down yesterday, it was some of the darkest hours of my WHOLE LIFE! What do you DO with yourself when you can't instantly search for the social determinants of asthma among 11-year-old boys living in the fifth arondissement with single mothers?!?
I just saw a face on My Beloved which I normally associate with honeymoons, romance novels, and media rated as unsuitable before reaching a certain age. But we were in Panera, and fully clothed! What could it be? Why, of course it was the availability of an academic database after an outage! 😀
September 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
OMG, you just DON'T KNOW. While EBSCO was down yesterday, it was some of the darkest hours of my WHOLE LIFE! What do you DO with yourself when you can't instantly search for the social determinants of asthma among 11-year-old boys living in the fifth arondissement with single mothers?!?
I just saw a face on My Beloved which I normally associate with honeymoons, romance novels, and media rated as unsuitable before reaching a certain age. But we were in Panera, and fully clothed! What could it be? Why, of course it was the availability of an academic database after an outage! 😀
September 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I just saw a face on My Beloved which I normally associate with honeymoons, romance novels, and media rated as unsuitable before reaching a certain age. But we were in Panera, and fully clothed! What could it be? Why, of course it was the availability of an academic database after an outage! 😀
Sometimes, it's annoying to know your limitations, especially when you don't know exactly why you are limited in that way. But I put down the book of fiction and moved on for now. I'll pick it up later today and that'll almost surely be just fine.
August 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Sometimes, it's annoying to know your limitations, especially when you don't know exactly why you are limited in that way. But I put down the book of fiction and moved on for now. I'll pick it up later today and that'll almost surely be just fine.
Dear USPS, What possible use is a post telling me "In Transit, Arriving On Time" when you haven't given me any estimate of when to expect delivery? (eye roll)
July 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Dear USPS, What possible use is a post telling me "In Transit, Arriving On Time" when you haven't given me any estimate of when to expect delivery? (eye roll)
I was having a really good day, until one weird, unexplained noise, for 2-5 minutes (it felt like)… and… now, I'm in a weird place mentally and emotionally. And I really wish I knew how to nudge myself back to a better frame of mind and emotion
July 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I was having a really good day, until one weird, unexplained noise, for 2-5 minutes (it felt like)… and… now, I'm in a weird place mentally and emotionally. And I really wish I knew how to nudge myself back to a better frame of mind and emotion
Now that I've looked up a word and complained about the way the dictionary definition was shown to me, I should get back to my reading! *waves to Bluesky*
June 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Now that I've looked up a word and complained about the way the dictionary definition was shown to me, I should get back to my reading! *waves to Bluesky*
I was all set to write something about how deficient online dictionaries were, before I realized that they weren't *quite* as deficient as I'd thought (because I hadn't bothered to investigate that the underlined words were hyperlinks).
June 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I was all set to write something about how deficient online dictionaries were, before I realized that they weren't *quite* as deficient as I'd thought (because I hadn't bothered to investigate that the underlined words were hyperlinks).
So, attempting to turn the page… now I just need to find something to keep my mind off of all that without taxing my brain or irritating my emotions too much.
One of the rare times that I wish mid-day napping was something I found possible.
One of the rare times that I wish mid-day napping was something I found possible.
June 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So, attempting to turn the page… now I just need to find something to keep my mind off of all that without taxing my brain or irritating my emotions too much.
One of the rare times that I wish mid-day napping was something I found possible.
One of the rare times that I wish mid-day napping was something I found possible.
Nothing like a random, unexpected veer into something that I think was transphobic BS to ruin an otherwise good podcast episode. (Hard to tell because podcast guest was from another country and I don't 100% know all the labels she was using, and because she was choosing her words too carefully.)
June 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Nothing like a random, unexpected veer into something that I think was transphobic BS to ruin an otherwise good podcast episode. (Hard to tell because podcast guest was from another country and I don't 100% know all the labels she was using, and because she was choosing her words too carefully.)
Reposted by Kristin (she/her)
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
I find myself wishing I could start a new account today on Twitter as it was before its current owner: imperfect, but not irredeemably so.
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
I find myself wishing I could start a new account today on Twitter as it was before its current owner: imperfect, but not irredeemably so.
Wondering whether it's worth trying to be more active here… or whether I'm going to self-censor too much (especially given the Times in which we live today).
Also, wondering if I would feel different if I were using a different account (without my name, without a username I've used elsewhere, etc)
Also, wondering if I would feel different if I were using a different account (without my name, without a username I've used elsewhere, etc)
June 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Wondering whether it's worth trying to be more active here… or whether I'm going to self-censor too much (especially given the Times in which we live today).
Also, wondering if I would feel different if I were using a different account (without my name, without a username I've used elsewhere, etc)
Also, wondering if I would feel different if I were using a different account (without my name, without a username I've used elsewhere, etc)
Dear TV producers: If you don't have a renewal in your pocket, don't shoot a season-finale cliffhanger!
(Brought to you by watching the final episode of the _Night Court_ reboot, which ended with an on-screen "To be Continued…" that will never be.)
(Brought to you by watching the final episode of the _Night Court_ reboot, which ended with an on-screen "To be Continued…" that will never be.)
June 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Dear TV producers: If you don't have a renewal in your pocket, don't shoot a season-finale cliffhanger!
(Brought to you by watching the final episode of the _Night Court_ reboot, which ended with an on-screen "To be Continued…" that will never be.)
(Brought to you by watching the final episode of the _Night Court_ reboot, which ended with an on-screen "To be Continued…" that will never be.)
Kristin's word of the day is:
FUCK
As you can imagine, that means today has not been a good one for me. The immediate causes are trivial, but they've tapped into some deeper personal shit that refuses to let go of my attention today, no matter how tired I am of it.
FUCK
As you can imagine, that means today has not been a good one for me. The immediate causes are trivial, but they've tapped into some deeper personal shit that refuses to let go of my attention today, no matter how tired I am of it.
June 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Kristin's word of the day is:
FUCK
As you can imagine, that means today has not been a good one for me. The immediate causes are trivial, but they've tapped into some deeper personal shit that refuses to let go of my attention today, no matter how tired I am of it.
FUCK
As you can imagine, that means today has not been a good one for me. The immediate causes are trivial, but they've tapped into some deeper personal shit that refuses to let go of my attention today, no matter how tired I am of it.
I wish the Venn diagram of my life had a greater overlap of the "Meals I am willing and able to prepare" and "Meals I'm interested in eating" circles. It would make lunch planning so much easier!
June 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I wish the Venn diagram of my life had a greater overlap of the "Meals I am willing and able to prepare" and "Meals I'm interested in eating" circles. It would make lunch planning so much easier!
On the plus side for my emotions, tomorrow is the start of the Monago Grand Prix weekend; no F1 running, but the lower series all have Thursday practice.
I still have that sense of imagination about trying to figure out what streets we could take over to hold an F1 race near where I live each year.
I still have that sense of imagination about trying to figure out what streets we could take over to hold an F1 race near where I live each year.
May 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
On the plus side for my emotions, tomorrow is the start of the Monago Grand Prix weekend; no F1 running, but the lower series all have Thursday practice.
I still have that sense of imagination about trying to figure out what streets we could take over to hold an F1 race near where I live each year.
I still have that sense of imagination about trying to figure out what streets we could take over to hold an F1 race near where I live each year.
So, of course, today would be the day our apartment complex is powerwashing in the breezeway outside our apartment.
I think I finally hear the absense of noise, indicating that they've finished working.
I think I finally hear the absense of noise, indicating that they've finished working.
May 21, 2025 at 5:06 PM
So, of course, today would be the day our apartment complex is powerwashing in the breezeway outside our apartment.
I think I finally hear the absense of noise, indicating that they've finished working.
I think I finally hear the absense of noise, indicating that they've finished working.
Dear emotions:
The issue you were reacting to has been resolved. At least an hour ago. You no longer need to hold me hostage; please return my ability to productively use my time ASAP.
(signed) The person you inhabit
The issue you were reacting to has been resolved. At least an hour ago. You no longer need to hold me hostage; please return my ability to productively use my time ASAP.
(signed) The person you inhabit
May 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Dear emotions:
The issue you were reacting to has been resolved. At least an hour ago. You no longer need to hold me hostage; please return my ability to productively use my time ASAP.
(signed) The person you inhabit
The issue you were reacting to has been resolved. At least an hour ago. You no longer need to hold me hostage; please return my ability to productively use my time ASAP.
(signed) The person you inhabit
1/ So, a month or two ago (I think), we started watching *The West Wing* (a re-watch for me, the first time for @hrollins.substack.com). And so, as we watch each episode, I queue up the recap episode from *The West Wing Weekly* podcast. Which is really good, except for one thing…
April 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
1/ So, a month or two ago (I think), we started watching *The West Wing* (a re-watch for me, the first time for @hrollins.substack.com). And so, as we watch each episode, I queue up the recap episode from *The West Wing Weekly* podcast. Which is really good, except for one thing…
This. Since Election Night (when I could no longer deny reality) I've been trying to recall the coping mechanisms I used in his first Administration and attempting to find ways to prepare to use similar ways of getting through the next four years
Don’t let social media norms bully you into thinking you’re a bad person if you don’t know every single bad thing happening around the country at all times.
January 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
This. Since Election Night (when I could no longer deny reality) I've been trying to recall the coping mechanisms I used in his first Administration and attempting to find ways to prepare to use similar ways of getting through the next four years
Wow… I just saw a photo (not of myself, thankfully) that suggests that I've been living with this name and pronouns for more than a decade. It is funny how that seems way too long ago, at the same time that it also feels like it's been forever.
(Photo was first IRL place I went openly as Kristin)
(Photo was first IRL place I went openly as Kristin)
January 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Wow… I just saw a photo (not of myself, thankfully) that suggests that I've been living with this name and pronouns for more than a decade. It is funny how that seems way too long ago, at the same time that it also feels like it's been forever.
(Photo was first IRL place I went openly as Kristin)
(Photo was first IRL place I went openly as Kristin)
I’m glad that my wife trusts me enough to see her at the height of her weirdness (which greatly exceeds her physical height #shortJoke)
January 4, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I’m glad that my wife trusts me enough to see her at the height of her weirdness (which greatly exceeds her physical height #shortJoke)